March, 2012

Authors: Travis Plunk , Software Developer Engineer Yuri Diogenes , Senior Technical Writer Technical Reviewers: Cecilia Cole, Program Manager In our previous post , we demonstrated how to install the WSUS Role on the Windows Server “8” Beta using the...

When trying to Sequence (virtualize) the System Center Configuration Manager 2007 Administrator’s Console, the resulting package will generate the following error and fail to run: MMC cannot initialize the snap-in Using the steps below, you can virtualize...

We’ve seen this issue come up a couple of times here lately so I wanted to give it a mention here just in case you run into it. The issue is that if you are trying to install a System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) Branch Distribution point...

Here is part 2 of Anil Erduran’s series on RunBooks in Orchestrator 2012. This part covers RunBook activities and properties: In the System Center 2012 Orchestrator , activities are the building blocks of RunBooks. In general, individual activities perform...

I was checking out what was new over in our TechNet Wiki and came across a System Center 2012 Service Manager Survival Guide that was recently published by a Microsoft employee.  It’s essentially a page that acts as a pointer to the best SCSM information...

Here’s an issue we’ve seen a couple times before so I thought I’d give you a heads up here in case you happen to run across it. Symptoms The System Center Configuration Manager 2007 (ConfigMgr) SMS Agent Host Service (CCMExec.exe) may become unresponsive...

To enhance datacenter automation options, Orchestrator 2012 exposes a REST OData web service. The web service enables programmatic access to Orchestrator runtime resources like Runbooks, Jobs, and Events, and also enables a user to start Runbooks and...

Hello, Today we published the March Security Bulletin Webcast Questions & Answers page . During the webcast, we fielded twelve questions focusing on MS12-020 (aka “the RDP update”). Two additional questions for MS12-022 regarding Microsoft...

On March 15, we became aware of public proof-of-concept code that results in denial of service for the issue addressed by MS12-020 , which we released Tuesday. We continue to watch the threat landscape and we are not aware of public proof-of-concept...

The Configuration Manager console has been greatly improved in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager, which enhances its usability. In addition to improvements in performance and layout, the console now supports a quicker way to monitor application...

Are you headed to the Microsoft Management Summit (MMS) 2012 this year? This event (already sold out!) is one of our favorite conferences, not to mention that the event is in sunny Las Vegas. MMS provides a great opportunity to meet with other IT Professionals...

Hello. Today we’re releasing six security bulletins – one Critical-class, four Important and one Moderate – addressing seven issues in Microsoft Windows, Visual Studio, and Expression Design. We recommend that customers focus on MS12...

Greetings All, We are excited to release Community Technology Preview (CTP) of System Center 2012 for Windows Server “8” Beta support. This release will allow customers evaluating System Center 2012 to jointly evaluate the Windows Server “8” Beta and...

Hello. Today we’re releasing our advance notification for the March security bulletin release, which is scheduled for Tuesday, March 13. This month’s release includes six bulletins addressing seven vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows, Visual...

Check out DC Tardy's blog post to learn more about The Biggest Changes in Hierarchy Design in Configuration Manager 2012. Read DC's post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog. http://bit.ly/xQO3MX ...read more

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about troubleshooting an issue where you get an Arithmetic overflow error converting IDENTITY to data type int error in the Intercept Log on a server hosting an AVIcode SEViewer instance...

I was browsing through all of the great new articles over on our TechNet Wiki and came across this one that I thought you might like. It’s written by Microsoft’s own Anil Erduran and it discusses the concept of RunBooks in Orchestrator 2012.  It...

I’m curios about how people use SCSM.  I am also experimenting with different polling mechanisms so we can gather data more real time from the community.  So – let’s try this out.  I’ve created a poll over on the System Center Service Manager...

Check out DC Tardy's blog post to learn more about Data Replication in System Center 2012 Configuration Manager. Read DC's post on the Microsoft Server and Cloud Platform blog. http://bit.ly/yratpp ...read more

Just a quick FYI on an article over on our TechNet Wiki regarding how WSUS and Cluster-Aware Updating are affected by Windows Server 8 Beta updates: There are two known issues with Windows Server "8" Beta update process: Windows 8 Beta Updates...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where an attempt to migrate the storage of a VM from one volume to another by using the Migrate Storage option fails at 14% with a 2927 error: ===== Symptoms When attempting...

The organization where I work provides a management & monitoring service for a number of different online properties managed within Microsoft. We leverage a shared System Center 2012 Operations Manager component platform infrastructure which reduces...

Here’s a new Knowledge Base article we published today. This one talks about an issue where the IIS Application Folder SMS_DP_SMSPKG$ anonymous authentication settings periodically get disabled: ===== Symptoms After enabling Anonymous Authentication in...

Author: Yuri Diogenes, Senior Technical Writer Technical Reviewers: Travis Plunk, Software Developer Engineer Cecilia Cole, Program Manager J.C. Hornbeck, Knowledge Engineer Windows Server Update Services (WSUS) is now built in to the Windows Server 8...

Here’s another great article written by Anil Erduran that I found over in our TechNet Wiki . In this one, Anil talks about collation in SCSM 2012: If you decide to install System Center 2012 Service Manager (SCSM 2012) for your private cloud environment...